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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1872

5 stories in Mid North Coast's papers

Railway Accident Near Cannes

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 11 May 1872 · page 3

THE terrible accident on the railway that runs along the shore of the Mediterranean, parallel with the Corniche road, from Marseilles to Mentone, and thence on to the Riviera of…

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The Story Teller. George and Robert Stephenson.(From our Iron Roads, by F.S. Williams. )

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 18 May 1872 · page 4

BEFORE conducing this chapter, some reference must be made to two individuals whose, names are intimately connected with the rise and progress of the railway system and…

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Gold Mining at Bishop’s Bridge, Near West Maitland

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 15 June 1872 · page 2

TUESDAY’S Mercury says:—This locality continues to excite a great deal of interest, and the possibility of discovering payable gold there is believed in by many persons, some fine…

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The New England Road

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 20 July 1872 · page 2

FOR SEVERAL MONTHS PAST conflicting statements have been current as to the contents of a letter said to have been written by Mr. J. J. DUFFY, in reference to a road…

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CORRESPONDENCE. New England Road. (To the Editor of the Manning River News.)

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 27 July 1872 · page 2

Sir ; — I have perused the leading article in the last issue of the NEWS with great interest. To read Mr. Duffy’s report from Diversion Creek, and to see that report torn to…

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